The Floydada Boys Varsity Track Team posing with their 2-2A district runner-up trophy (J.R. Compton/Used with Permission)
NEW DEAL – Floydada and Lockney athletes had very good performances at the District 4-2A track and field championships on Wednesday and Thursday at Noland Stadium to advance to the Area meet in Floydada in two weeks. The Lady Winds advanced seven indidual and three relay teams; the Lady Horns had nine individual and all three relays to move on to Area; the Whirlwinds advance all three relays and seven individual events; while the Longhorns had a duo of individual qualifiers.
Floydada junior Jayson Cooper made a significant showing at district by qualifying in five events – second in the triple jump, 400 relay and 800 relay; third in the long jump and fourth in the 100 dash.
Floydada girls 800 relay won the district title with a time of 1:53.20. The winning quartet included Lailah Burks, Clari Dela Fuente, Faith Lopez and Allyson Romero. Lopez won first in the 200-meters dash and ran a leg on Floydada’s second place 1600 relay.
Lady Winds Kirsten Pyle and Faith Lopez each won a gold medal individually and advanced in a total of three events each. Pyle took first in the pole vault at 8’0”, second in the 100-hurdles and third place in the 300-hurdles. Lopez won the 200-meters in 28.46, got a gold medal by running a leg on the 800-relay and a silver with the 1600 relay. Whirlwind Izaiah Alvarado qualified in three events by taking silver medals in the 400 dash and ran legs on the second place 400 and 1600 relays. Saul Reyes and Andres Mendoze both ran legs in all three of the Floydada boys 400, 800 and 1600 relays that won silver medals.
Adaliyah Jones of Lockney won the 100-dash in a time of 13.11 and ran a leg on the Lady Horns 400 relay that gets to move on. Other athletes that were multiple qualifiers for Area – Lockney long distance runner Madisson Johnson in the 1600 and 3200; Lockney thrower Haven Walker won district with a heave of 105′ 8” in the discus and second in the shot put; Floydada’s Lailah Burks took third in the 400 dash and won gold with the 800 relay; Whirlwind Jonathan Pena got third in the 200 and ran a leg on the second place 1600 relay.
The top four finishers in each varsity event will advance from the 4-2A meet to take on the qualifiers from 3-2A in the Area meet at Charles Tyer Stadium in Floydada on April 15. 3-2A includes Panhandle, Olton, Farwell, Vega, Bovina and Boys Ranch.
Floydada’s Junior Varsity girls won the team championship in 4-2A with 113-points.
VARSITY GIRLS team: New Deal 246, Ralls 114, Floydada 110, Lockney 101, and Hale Center 26
VARSITY BOYS team: New Deal 346, Floydada 105, Hale Center 69, Ralls 54, Lockney 26
JV GIRLS team: Floydada 113, Ralls 75, New Deal 40, Hale Center 34
JV BOYS team: New Deal 316, Floydada 113, Hale Center 54, Lockney 49, Ralls 40
VARSITY GIRLS results:
100 – 1. Adaliyah Jones, Lockney 13.11
200 – 1. Faith Lopez, Floydada 28.46; 3. Lailah Burks, Floydada 28.67
400 – 4. Clari Dela Fuente, Floydada 1:07.85
800 – 4. Analys Jones, Lockney 2:54.78
1600 – 3. Madisson Johnson, Lockney 6:36.87
3200 – 2. Madisson Johnson, Lockney 14.10.80
100 hurdles – 2. Kirsten Pyle, Floydada 18.38
300 hurdles – 3. Kirsten Pyle, Floydada 56.40; 4. Natalie Contreras, Floydada 56.66
400 relay – 3. Floydada 55.89 (Victoria Cervera, Natalie Contreras, Allyson Romero, Desire Dela Fuente) 4. Lockney 55.94 (Arecely Cuellar, Adaliyah Jones, Krista Azue, Monigue Lara)
800 relay – 1. Floydada 1:53.20 (L. Burks, C. Dela Fuente, F. Lopez, A. Romero) 3. Lockney 2:04.17 (Nadia Perez, Senayda Bernal, A. Cuellar, Allison Torres)
1600 relay – 2. Floydada 4:41.12 (Burks, Romero, Lopez, C. Dela Fuente) 3. Lockney (M. Lara, Azua, Jones, Bernal)
Shot Put – 3. Haven Walker, Lockney 33′ 4.75”; 4. Brinley Lefevre, Lockney 32′ 1.25”
Discus – 1. Haven Walker, Lockney 105′ 8”; 2. Annalicia Hernandez, Lockney 102′ 11”
Pole Vault – 1. Kirsten Pyle, Floydada 8′; 2. Adri Villarreal, Lockney 7′; Allyson Romero, Floydada 6′
VARSITY BOYS results:
100 – 4. Jayson Cooper, Floydada 11.36
200 – 3. Jonathan Pena, Floydada 24.32
400 – 2. Izaiah Alvarado, Floydada 53.08
110 hurdles – 4. Gage Graves, Lockney 17.83
300 hurldes – 4. Felix Gonzales, Lockney 44.64
400 relay – 2. Floydada 45.33 (Saul Reyes, Izaiah Alvarado, Andres Mendoza, Jayson Cooper)
800 relay – 2. Floydada 1:36.09 (Reyes, Mendoza, Ilan Lopez, Cooper)
1600 relay – 2. Floydada 3:36.62 (Reyes, Mendoza, J. Pena, Alvarado)
Shot Put – 4. Andrew Suarez, Floydada 34′ 7”
Long Jump – 2. Jayson Cooper, Floydada 20′ .26”
Triple Jump – 2. Jayson Cooper, Floydada 41′ 8.50”
JUNIOR VARSITY Girls
100 – 1. Michayla Hawthorne, Floydada 14.58; 3. Elena Foster, Flo 14.72; 4. Miya Fipps, Flo 15.10
200 – 3. Justine Delgado, Floydada 32.14
400 – 2. Alyse Mendoza, Floydada 1:13.09; 4. Justine Delgado, Floydada 1:17.27
800 – 2. Madison Fipps, Floydada 3:28.29
1600 – 1. Madison Fipps, Floydada 7:39.99
400 relay – 1. Floydada 52.89 (M. Hawthorne, A. Mendoza, E. Foster, M. Fipps)
Long Jump – 1. Madison Fipps, Floydada 10′ 8”; 2. Karlie McHam, Floydada 8′ 9.25”
Triple Jump – 2. Miya Fipps, Floydada 27′ 8”
JUNIOR VARSITY Boys
100 – 1. Sergio Valdez, Floydada 11.89; 4. Caleb Speed, Floydada 12.49
200 – 3. Gio Baltazar, Floydada 25.37
400 – 1. Braun Hobbs, Floydada 56.35; 3. Leo Mendoza, Floydada 58.75
1600 – 4. Cristian Hernandez, Floydada 6:46.04
300 hurdles – 4. Andrew Bustillo, Lockney 54.43
400 relay – 2. Floydada 47.77 (Matthew Luna. C. Speed, G. Baltizar, S. Valdez)
800 relay – 2. Floydada 1:43.93 (Eric Gonzales, Speed, Baltizar, Ty Henderson) 3. Lockney 1:44.21 (Eli Nunez, Chris Isaguirre, Xavier Jimenez, Rhyne Bale )
1600 relay – 2. Floydada 3:52.58 (Hobbs, Mendoza, Gonzales, Valdez)
Shot Put – 4. Ian Rodriguez, Lockney 30′ 2”
Long Jump – 3. Ty Henderson, Floydada 16′ 6.75”
Triple Jump – 3. Chris Isaguerre , Lockney 35′ 8.25”
